AUDIO
Interview with Janet Studholme
- Date
- 9 Dec 1991 - 09 Dec 1991
- By
- Studholme, Janet Helen, 1910-2003
- Reference
- OHInt-0060/02
- Description
Janet Studholme was born in Waimate on 23 August 1910. Describes the arrival of her grandfather, Michael Studholme, as the first European in the Waimate area. Talks about their property `Te Waimate' which he took in 1854 and describes the family's activity in the local community. Recalls leisure activities which included horse riding, camping in the Central Otago lakes district and shooting.
Talks about serving with the VAD in Waimate before volunteering as a nurse with the WAAC. Describes training at Trentham before being shipped to Egypt. Gives details of serving in the hospital based at Maadi and also recalls off duty activities including travel to Palestine, Syria and the Turkish border.
Describes being shifted to Italy in March 1944 and nursing at the Bari Base Hospital. Comments on the depressed nature of the New Zealand soldiers after Cassino and attempts at raising their morale. Recalls leave in the area. Recalls returning to New Zealand on compassionate leave in 1945 and the difficulty of settling back into civilian life. Describes returning to Britain with the Victory Contingent in 1946.
Describes being the National Director of Junior Red Cross for over seventeen years. Comments on the role of the matron in hospitals during the war and the importance of discipline and leadership.
Venue - Wellington : 1991
Interviewer(s) - Johanna Woods
Venue - Karori, Wellington
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004678; OHC-004679; OHC-004680
Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 821.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Listening copies are available
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires the written permission of the donor Copyright: Geylene Preston Productions
- Access restrictions
- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Requires written permission of the donor
- Part of
- Women in World War II Part I
- Format
- 3 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 3 Hours Duration, Oral histories, Equipment used: Sony Walkman Professional WMD6C recorder, ECM 144 microphones
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Copyright
All Rights ReservedInterview with Janet Studholme, printed abstract
From: Women in World War II Part I
Reference: OHA-0821
Description: Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 821.
Interview with Janet Studholme, tape three
Date: 9 Dec 1991 - 09 Dec 1991
From: Women in World War II Part I
Reference: OHC-004680
Description: Interviewer(s) - Johanna Woods Arrangement: Tape sequence - 3 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Janet Studholme, tape two
Date: 9 Dec 1991 - 09 Dec 1991
From: Women in World War II Part I
Reference: OHC-004679
Description: Interviewer(s) - Johanna Woods Arrangement: Tape sequence - 2 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Janet Studholme, tape one
Date: 9 December 1991 - 09 Dec 1991
From: Women in World War II Part I
Reference: OHC-004678
Description: Interviewer(s) - Johanna Woods Arrangement: Tape sequence - 1 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).